What's a food you love, that isn't worth making from scratch?

ericbomb@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 165 points –

For me, crepes ain't worth the stress to make fresh. Just buy a little pack from store and focus on filling is my go to.

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Honestly? Ramen. There are way too many ingredients that all needs to be cooked differently, and even the broth itself is a nightmare amount of effort for what you get at the end.

I spent 2 days cooking my first ramen broth, the tare, the marinated eggs and the garlic oil. It's definitely a case of tripling the batch and freeze it because it takes a lot of work regardless of the quantity.

I don't know if there is anything special about Ramen broth, but once you get used to the process, homemade bone broth is absolutely worth it.

I get pork knee joints from the Asian market, bake them at about 400 for an hour, and simmer on the stove top for a couple of days. That broth is my winter staple.

Just reading this opened my appetite

It definitely is worth it. You can tune it like you want, it is really more flavourful.

But it does take a lot of time.

I'd say a lot of my favorite Asian dishes follow this pattern. Most of them are pretty challenging to recreate due to the amount of ingredients and types of cooking involved. Guess there's a reason they taste so good

I made homemade General Tso's and it is absolutely worth the effort. The recipe I used stayed crispy for days even with sauce on it. I could control the flavor. It was so good.

Ramen is easy to make, assuming you don't prep anything and don't want the soy eggs then you can make it easily in 15 min